CROSS-WORD PUZZLES.

Southland Times, Issue 19822, 19 March 1926, Page 11

CROSS-WORD PUZZLES.

NEW ZEALAND SERIES.

No. 56.

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SOLUTION TO LAST PUZZLE.

HORIZONTAL. 1. Applaud. L 5. Native name of islands governed by 2. New Zealand. 3. 11. A plant of the arum family with edible 4. roots. 6. 15. Within the law. 7, 16. More wicked. 8. 17. To adorn. 18. A large jug. ...- 9. 19. Authority derived from superiors. 10. 21. Well done! H22. Eager. 12. 24. Vessel moved by steam. 13. 26. A small horse 14 27. Infant fishes. 19, 28. A great fooL 20. 31. Tendency. 23. 32. Inflections of nouns. 25, 34. An African water antejppe. 27. 37. The noise of a large waterfall. 28. 39. Immense fabulous bird. 30, 40. To undermine. 31, 42. A comfortable residence. 32. 44. A segment of a circle. 33. 45. Startling event. 35. 48. Place in position. 36. 49. A mistaken notion. 38. 50. Resentment. 39. 51. An antiseptic. 41. 52. To turn new-mown grass. 43. 53. Whining. 45. 56. A fellow of a college. 46, 57. Metalliferous rocks. 47. 59. A Hawaiian garland. 54. 60. A small mark. 55. 61. To tend cattle. 62. To eat with a spoon. 58 64. Gather scattered things. 61. 66. Possesses. 63 68. An ancient weapon. 70. An English see. 65. 71. Affirmative. 66. 73. Brief statement of a truth. 67. 76. A tile with a curved surface. 69. 79. Bathe. 71 • 80. The pirates’ gallows. 7 283. A Red Sea port. 7 384. Publicly. 74 - 85. Undressed kid. 75 ■ 86. Service. 7 6’ 87. Plug of lint to dilate a wound. 77 88. One who causes blood to flow. g£ 89. About which a house falls. 82,

VERTICAL. The corner of a sail. A kind of machine-gun. Geological periods. An associate. An eclipse. Relations. - Office-bearers in a Presbyterian church. Meadow. Contrivances. Disloyalty. A large lily. Stormed. A hearing in a court of law. A child’s cup. A Greek letter. Fruitful. A river in Hawke’s Bay. A replica. The day just gone. One who betrays a trust. , A genus of beetles. Study closely. A South American monkey. Over and above. Waits upon. Instruction. Pertaining to the kidneys. 1 Sharp end. Spanish sir. A sauce made from a Chinese bean. Unit of the metric land measure. A kind of strong ale. A tomboy. A combination of a number of molecules with an electron. Ruin utterly. Spear-shaped. An American poet and short story writer. Cut off. A female bird. Beseech. Twisted. A Polynesian potato. Transparent. Conspire. A cooking place. Crush with a heavy blow. Taste. Mental conception. Extremities. Regret. Combine together.